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Wicked Lovely Movie!

Universal makes 'Wicked' dealThompson to adapt first book in Marr's seriesSource

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Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to "Wicked Lovely," the bestselling first book in a fantasy series written by Melissa Marr that will see its fourth installment published next year by Harper Collins.The studio bought the book to be produced by Wild West Picture Show Prods., and has hired "Edward Scissorhands" scribe Caroline Thompson to adapt it.

Wild West is Vince Vaughn's U-based shingle.

The protagonist is a 17-year-old girl who can see fairies, and must fend off the advances of a fairy king determined to marry her to save the planet from his vengeful mother.

Here's the promised & possibly more articulate (or not?) post on the film thing.

The easy part--

Universal did an exclusive new release in VARIETY. The press release "Universal Makes Wicked Deal" went live last evening/night (depending on your time zone).

Today, there is an MTV article "Wicked Lovely Adaptation Confirms Faeries as the Next Fantasy Trend" and bunches of places where the news has been re-released.

What this means? Honestly, it means that a) the universe has been kind to me and I'm very grateful and b) there is a film in development.

Since WL sold (in March 2006), the interest in things paranormal has continued to grow. There wasn't much of a YA paranormal market before I sold WL. It's grown. A lot. We've had some nibbles of film interest (one I was interested in, and some that I wasn't), but the right people weren't appearing. I signed with a new agent in July 2008, & I had no film agent, so we weren't even shopping WL to film people.

Then, out of the blue, my agent got a call. Some guy named Vince Vaughn was interested in talking abt film deal. . . and I, as a not-typically-a-movie-person, had no freaking clue who this guy was. I googled him. I found an article about this documentary on graffiti art & music & Northern Ireland, & I read some interviews, & I learned that a) he's kinda kickass interesting and b) he made films both as an actor and a producer.

[NOTE: I am now watching some of his films. The camera doesn't do him justice though. In person, he is so freaking charismatic that you say what's on your mind . . . which meant I admitted "I had no clue who you were so I googled you & read abt the Ireland graffiti thing." Fortunately, he isn't an egotist, and the conversation was good. A man that digs graffiti, Ireland, & music? *sigh* Yeah. I totally loved talking to him.]

We set up a conference call. The producers are Wild West Picture Show Productions--Peter Billingsly (also an actor and producer), Vince, Valerie, and Victoria Vaughn. It became immediately obvious to me that they totally get my books, so I agreed when they asked to take it to Universal.

Universal said "yes."

Then, Valerie--who is shades of amazing that I can't even explain--called to say that Caroline Thompson (our top choice!) wanted to write the screenplay.

*pauses*

Ok, now I've already said that I don't do movies, right? There are exceptions. Caroline has written several of them. In fact, i own several films that she's written. [NOTE: I own maybe a dozen films. My family, of course, has somme, but I personally don't buy many movies.] She wrote The Secret Garden (which is one of 2 VHS tapes I own, the other is Hamlet which I bought for a class I was teaching back when VHS was what we used in the classroom). She also wrote Nightmare Before Christmas . . . which became weirdly "meant to be" be when Caroline commented on the shirt I was wearing in my author picture for WL. I bought myself a Jack hoodie the day I sold the books (March 2006) as my gift-for-selling. Yeah, I could've NEVER guessed that Caroline would one day adapt my book.

I've seen most everything she's written. I've talked to her & emailed with her & generally could not think of anyone I would trust more. She gets it. She gets my world, my characters, folklore, fairy tales, & feminism. With Universal, Wild West Picture Show Productions, & Caroline, I have faith that my texts are in the right hands.

And--continuing with the surreality--they have totally kept me involved. There are calls, email, & I flew out to LA to sit down with them (and will do so again). I explained that I didn't expect any involvement, & that I trust them, & they reply (repeatedly) that they want me involved. So I am. I answer all their questions; I send them folklore references; and I generally think that even if the film never makes it to the screen, I'll still be very happy bc I'm having fun

Egad! I love these books. <3 Did it say when the movie might come out? O:

Evie, Rosey, and Amii!!! We're the SUPERGANG!! <333

Who do you think you are? Running round leaving scars. Collecting your jar of hearts, and tearing love apart.You're gonna catch a cold... From the ice inside your soul. So don't come back for me. Don't come back at all.